# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/brian-gionta
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:25:27.367Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/brian-gionta"
name: "Brian Gionta"
slug: "brian-gionta"
description: "Brian Joseph Gionta is an American former professional ice hockey player who played 16 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). Gionta began his NHL career in 2001 with the New Jersey Devils and served as captain for both the Montreal Canadiens and the Buffalo Sabres. He also was the captain for the United States in the 2018 Winter Olympics, for which he stepped away from the NHL for most of its 2017–18 season. After the Olympics, he briefly played for the Boston Bruins, and retired following their elimination from the playoffs."
tagline: "American ice hockey player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Brian_Gionta.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1979-01-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.838844
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Браєн Джіонта"
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    title: "Brian Gionta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Gionta"
    title: "Brian Gionta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Gionta"
    title: "Brian Gionta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Brian Gionta"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Gionta"
    title: "Brian Gionta"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump